From the ediorial board

“From the Editorial Board” Phys. Usp. 42 1–1 (1999)

Special issue

Aksenteva Maria Sergeevna “80 years of Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk” Phys. Usp. 42 3–6 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Anishchenko Vadim S, Neiman Arkady B, Moss F, Shimansky-Geier L “Stochastic resonance: noise-enhanced order” Phys. Usp. 42 7–36 (1999)

Methodological notes

Klimontovich Yu L “What are stochastic filtering and stochastic resonance?” Phys. Usp. 42 37–44 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Buchel’nikov Vasilii D, Tankeev A P, Shavrov Vladimir G “Kourovka-98: the XXVII International Winter Workshop on Theoretical Physics” Phys. Usp. 42 45–47 (1999)

Andreev N E, Gorbunov L M “Laser-plasma acceleration of electrons” Phys. Usp. 42 49–53 (1999)

Kim A V, Ryabikin M Yu, Sergeev Aleksandr M “From femtosecond to attosecond pulses” Phys. Usp. 42 54–61 (1999)

Fedorov M V “Stabilization of atoms in a strong laser field” Phys. Usp. 42 61–66 (1999)

Andreev Aleksandr A, Yashin V E, Charukhchev Aleksandr V “Hard X-ray radiation and fast particle generation using multiterawatt laser pulses” Phys. Usp. 42 66–72 (1999)

Gordienko Vyacheslav M, Savel’ev Andrei B “Femtosecond plasma in dense nanostructured targets: new approaches and prospects” Phys. Usp. 42 72–74 (1999)

Babin A A, Kiselev A M, Pravdenko K I, Sergeev Aleksandr M, Stepanov A N, Khazanov E A “Experimental investigation of the influence of subterawatt femtosecond laser radiation on transparent insulators at axicon focusing” Phys. Usp. 42 74–77 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 78–78 (1999)

From the history of physics

Kaganov M I “125th anniversary of ZhETF (Physics-JETP)” Phys. Usp. 42 79–96 (1999)

Personalia

Belyaev Spartak T, Gridnev K A, Gromov K Ya, Dzhelepov V P, Kalinnikov V G, Listengarten M A, Lobashev Vladimir M, Mikhailov V M, Rimskii-Korsakov A A, Solov’ev V G, Khol’nov Yu V, Chubinskii O V “In memory of Boris Sergeevich Dzhelepov” Phys. Usp. 42 97–98 (1999)

Andreev Aleksandr F, Bolotovskii Boris M, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Kardashev Nikolai S, Keldysh L V, Linde A D, Ritus Vladimir I, Romanov Yu A, Skrinskii A N, Stishov Sergei M, Fiks M M, Shpatakovskaya Galina V “In memory of David Abramovich Kirzhnits” Phys. Usp. 42 99–100 (1999)

Andreev Aleksandr F, Bol’shakov V N, Boyarchuk Aleksandr A, Izyumov Yurii A, Mesyats Gennadii A, Osipov Yurii S, Osip’yan Yurii A, Prokhorov A M, Taluts G G, Turov Evgenii A, Ustinov Vladimir V, Tsidil’kovskii I M “In memory of Sergei Vasil’evich Vonsovskii” Phys. Usp. 42 101–102 (1999)

Batenin V M, Vorob’ev V S, Kobzev G A, Lagar’kov A N, Smirnov Boris M, Fortov Vladimir E, Sheindlin Alexander E, Yakubov I T “In memory of Leon Mikhailovich Biberman” Phys. Usp. 42 103–104 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 105–106 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Men’shikov Leonid I “Superradiance and related phenomena” Phys. Usp. 42 107 (1999)

Chuev Gennadii N “Statistical physics of the solvated electron” Phys. Usp. 42 149 (1999)

Klyatskin Valerii I, Gurarie D “Coherent phenomena in stochastic dynamical systems” Phys. Usp. 42 165 (1999)

Methodological notes

Vavilov V S, Euthymiou P C, Zardas G E “Persistent photoconductivity in semiconducting III-V compounds” Phys. Usp. 42 199–201 (1999)

Shepelev Andrei V “Can the radiance increase in a noninverted medium?” Phys. Usp. 42 203–204 (1999)

From the history of physics

Rautian Sergei G, Yatsenko A S “Grotrian diagrams” Phys. Usp. 42 205–208 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Snigirev O V “Supersensitive SQUID magnetometry” Phys. Usp. 42 209–211 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 212–212 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 213–214 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Izyumov Yurii A “Spin-fluctuation mechanism of high-T_c superconductivity and order-parameter symmetry” Phys. Usp. 42 215–243 (1999)

Savin Aleksandr V, Manevich Leonid I, Christiansen P L, Zolotaryuk A V “Nonlinear dynamics of zigzag molecular chains” Phys. Usp. 42 245–260 (1999)

From the history of physics

Al’tshuler L V, Trunin Ryurik F, Urlin V D, Fortov Vladimir E, Funtikov Aleksandr I “Development of dynamic high-pressure techniques in Russia” Phys. Usp. 42 261–280 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Letokhov V S “Problems of nanooptics” Phys. Usp. 42 281–282 (1999)

Vinogradov Evgenii A, Dobryakov A L, Kovalenko S A, Lozovik Yurii E, Matveets Yu A, Farztdinov V M “Spectroscopy of polaritons in a semiconductor microcavity” Phys. Usp. 42 282–284 (1999)

Agranovich Vladimir M “Excitons and optical nonlinearities in hybrid organic-inorganic nanostructures” Phys. Usp. 42 284–284 (1999)

Lozovik Yurii E, Merkulova S P “The outlook for nanolocal femtosecond spectroscopy and nanolithography” Phys. Usp. 42 284–285 (1999)

Ryabtsev Aleksandr N “Spectroscopy of ions with the 5d electrons in the ground state” Phys. Usp. 42 285–286 (1999)

Dumesh Boris S “Microwave spectroscopy of molecular Van der Waals complexes in astrophysical studies” Phys. Usp. 42 287–288 (1999)

Popova M N “Infrared spectroscopy of new spin-Peierls compounds” Phys. Usp. 42 288–290 (1999)

Kompanets Oleg N “New developments of optical spectral instruments in the Institute of Spectroscopy, RAS” Phys. Usp. 42 290–292 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 293–294 (1999)

Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich “What is happening to us?” Phys. Usp. 42 295–295 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 296–296 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Belashchenko David K “Diffusion mechanisms in disordered systems: computer simulation” Phys. Usp. 42 297–319 (1999)

Zheltikov Aleksei M, Koroteev Nikolai I “Coherent four-wave mixing in excited and ionized gas media: four-photon spectrochronography, ellipsometry, and nonlinear-optical imaging of atoms and ions” Phys. Usp. 42 321–351 (1999)

Physics of our days

Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich “What problems of physics and astrophysics seem now to be especially important and interesting (thirty years later, already on the verge of XXI century)?” Phys. Usp. 42 353–373 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 374–374 (1999)

Methodological notes

Klimontovich Yu L “Entropy and information of open systems” Phys. Usp. 42 375–384 (1999)

Saranin Vladimir A “On the interaction of two electrically charged conducting balls” Phys. Usp. 42 385–390 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Vorob’ev L E, Firsov D A, Shalygin V A, Tulupenko V N, Ledentsov Nikolai N, Kop’ev Petr Sergeevich, Ustinov Viktor M, Shernyakov Yu M, Alferov Zhores Ivanovich “The outlook for the development of radiation sources in the middle-IR range based on the intraband transitions between the energy levels of charge carriers in injection laser heterostructures with quantum dots and wells” Phys. Usp. 42 391–396 (1999)

Murzin V N, Mityagin Yu A “Resonance tunneling, electric and optical phenomena in long-period semiconductor superlattices” Phys. Usp. 42 396–399 (1999)

Ivanov S V, Kop’ev Petr Sergeevich, Toropov A A “Blue-green lasers based on short-period superlattices in II-VI compounds” Phys. Usp. 42 399–402 (1999)

Kvon Z D, Litvin L V, Tkachenko V A, Aseev A L “One-electron transistors based on Coulomb blockade and quantum interference” Phys. Usp. 42 402–405 (1999)

Personalia

Andreev Aleksandr F, Belov Konstantin P, Gulyaev Yurii V, Granovskii A B, Magnitskii V A, Maslov V P, Migulin V V, Osip’yan Yurii A, Trukhin V I, Chetkin Mikhail V, Shavrov Vladimir G, Yakovlev Ivan Alekseevich “In memory of Georgii Sergeevich Krinchik” Phys. Usp. 42 407–408 (1999)

Antipov S V, Boyarchuk Aleksandr A, Velikhov Evgenii Pavlovich, Golitsyn Georgii S, Kogan V I, Rumyantsev Aleksandr Yu, Smirnov V P, Snezhkin E N, Trubnikov A S, Fridman Aleksei M, Chernikov G P, Shafranov Vitalii D “In memory of Mikhail Veniaminovich Nezlin” Phys. Usp. 42 409–410 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 411 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Vanag Vladimir K “Study of spatially extended dynamical systems using probabilistic cellular automata” Phys. Usp. 42 413–434 (1999)

Kilin Sergei Ya “Quantum information” Phys. Usp. 42 435–452 (1999)

Special issue

Ivanitskii Genrikh R, Deev A A “’’For what does thine sanguine divine produce my African profile?’’” Phys. Usp. 42 453–468 (1999)

Physics of our days

Postnov Konstantin A “Cosmic gamma-ray bursts” Phys. Usp. 42 469–480 (1999)

Instruments and methods of investigation

Sokolov Yurii L “An interference method for measuring atomic state parameters” Phys. Usp. 42 481–503 (1999)

Methodological notes

Malykin Grigorii B “The relation of Thomas precession to Ishlinskii’s theorem as applied to the rotating image of a relativistically moving body” Phys. Usp. 42 505–509 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 510–510 (1999)

Bibliography

Kruglyakov Eduard P, Rubakov Valerii A “The series Problems of Nonuniform Physical Vacuum” Phys. Usp. 42 511–512 (1999)

Osipov Yurii S “Russian Academy of Sciences’ Appeal” Phys. Usp. 42 512–512 (1999)

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 513–514 (1999)

Special issue

Andreev Aleksandr F, Rubakov Valerii A, Gaponov-Grekhov Andrei V, Luchinin Aleksandr G, Talanov V I, Alferov Zhores Ivanovich, Boyarchuk Aleksandr A, Danilov Mikhail V “On the celebration of the jubilee year of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1724-1999)” Phys. Usp. 42 515–516 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Martynov Georgii A “The problem of phase transitions in statistical mechanics” Phys. Usp. 42 517–543 (1999)

Sarkisov Gari N “Approximate equations of the theory of liquids in the statistical thermodynamics of classical liquid systems” Phys. Usp. 42 545–561 (1999)

Physics of our days

Kramarovskii Ya M, Chechev Valerii P “The puzzle of the lightest elements: observations, predictions, hypotheses” Phys. Usp. 42 563 (1999)

Methodological notes

Gordienko Sergei N “Irreversibility and the probabilistic treatment of the dynamics of classical particles” Phys. Usp. 42 573–590 (1999)

Burenin Alexander V “Qualitative intramolecular quantum dynamics” Phys. Usp. 42 591–602 (1999)

Kuzelev M V, Rukhadze Anri A “On the quantum description of the linear kinetics of a collisionless plasma” Phys. Usp. 42 603–605 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Valiev Kamil’ A “Quantum computers: can they be made ’large’?” Phys. Usp. 42 607–610 (1999)

Kamilov Ibragimkhan K, Murtazaev Akai K “Phase transitions and critical phenomena in condensed media” Phys. Usp. 42 611–614 (1999)

Arzhannikov A V, Kezerashvili G Ya, Kruglyakov Eduard P “On Russian conferences on cold fusion and nuclear transmutation” Phys. Usp. 42 615 (1999)

Personalia

Baldin A M, Belyaev Spartak T, Gershtein Semen S, Danilov Mikhail V, Kadyshevskii Vladimir G, Logunov Anatolii A, Matveev Viktor A, Ponomarev L I, Sissakian Aleksei Norairovich, Skrinskii A N, Tavkhelidze A N, Shirkov D V “In memory of Venedikt Petrovich Dzhelepov” Phys. Usp. 42 617–618 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 619–620 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 621–621 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Gorbunov Dmitrii S, Dubovskii Sergei L, Troitskii Sergei V “Gauge mechanism of mediation of supersymmetry breaking” Phys. Usp. 42 623 (1999)

Borukhovich Arnold S “Quantum tunneling in multilayers and heterostructures with ferromagnetic semiconductors” Phys. Usp. 42 653–667 (1999)

Delone N B, Krainov V P “AC Stark shift of atomic energy levels” Phys. Usp. 42 669 (1999)

Kamilov Ibragimkhan K, Murtazaev Akai K, Aliev Kh K “Monte Carlo studies of phase transitions and critical phenomena” Phys. Usp. 42 689–709 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 710 (1999)

Methodological notes

Belov Konstantin P “Effects of unidirectional exchange anisotropy in ferrites” Phys. Usp. 42 711–717 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Boyarchuk Aleksandr A “Academician Lev Andreevich Artsimovich” Phys. Usp. 42 719–720 (1999)

Shafranov Vitalii D “Trends in magnetic helical systems for CNF” Phys. Usp. 42 720–726 (1999)

Petrov Mikhail P “Leningrad Fiztekh Fellows in the tokamak team of Lev Andreevich Artsimovich (1962-1973)” Phys. Usp. 42 726–728 (1999)

Personalia

Andreev Aleksandr F, Bychkov Yu A, Volovik G E, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Iordanskii S V, Kagan Yurii M, Kopnin N B, Mineev V P, Pitaevskii Lev P, Eliashberg G M “Lev Petrovich Gor’kov (on his seventieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 42 729–730 (1999)

Vysotskii M I, Gershtein Semen S, Danilov Mikhail V, Zakharov Valentin I, Ioffe Boris L, Kogan V I, Morozov A Yu, Novikov Viktor A, Rubakov Valerii A, Simonov Yurii A, Skrinskii A N, Ter-Martirosyan K A “Lev Borisovich Okun’ (on his seventieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 42 731–732 (1999)

Letters to the editors

Popov Vladimir S “On the history of developing the theory of tunneling ionization in atoms and ions” Phys. Usp. 42 733–734 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 735–736 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Yakovlev Dmitrii G, Levenfish Kseniya P, Shibanov Yurii A “Cooling of neutron stars and superfluidity in their cores” Phys. Usp. 42 737 (1999)

Ovchinnikov Sergei G “Application of synchrotron radiation to the study of magnetic materials” Phys. Usp. 42 779–796 (1999)

Kovarskii V A “Quantum processes in biological molecules. Enzyme catalysis” Phys. Usp. 42 797–815 (1999)

Zapasskii V S, Kozlov Gleb G “Polarized light in an anisotropic medium versus spin in a magnetic field” Phys. Usp. 42 817–822 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Feigel’man M V “A quantum bit based on a Josephson contact between conventional and high-temperature superconductors (theory)” Phys. Usp. 42 823–825 (1999)

Ryazanov Valerii V “Josephson superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor π-contact as an element of a quantum bit (experiment)” Phys. Usp. 42 825–827 (1999)

Morozov Aleksandr I, Sigov Aleksandr S “New type of domain boundaries in multilayer magnetic structures” Phys. Usp. 42 827–830 (1999)

Latyshev Yurii I “Quantum interference of a moving charge density wave on columnar defects containing magnetic flux” Phys. Usp. 42 830–832 (1999)

Personalia

Velikhov Evgenii Pavlovich, Galeev A A, Erokhin Nikolai S, Zmievskaya G I, Karas’ Vyacheslav I, Klimontovich Yu L, Kostomarov D P, Samarskii A A, Rozanov Vladislav B, Rukhadze Anri A, Fainberg Ya B, Shafranov Vitalii D “In memory of Yurii Sergeevich Sigov” Phys. Usp. 42 833–834 (1999)

Belyaev Spartak T, Vladimirskii V V, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Danilov Mikhail V, Zatsepin G T, Kadyshevskii Vladimir G, Okun Lev B, Rozental’ I L, Skrinskii A N, Chudakov A E, Shirkov D V “In memory of Iosif Solomonovich Shapiro” Phys. Usp. 42 835–836 (1999)

Azimov Ya I, Bilen’kii S M, Danilov G S, Dokshitser Yu L, D’yakonov D I, Dyatlov I T, Lipatov Lev N, Moskalev A N, Okun Lev B, Petrov Yu V, Khriplovich Iosif B, Eides M I “In memory of Rostislav Mikhailovich Ryndin” Phys. Usp. 42 837–838 (1999)

Bezrukov L B, Bergman A A, Isakov A I, Kravchuk L V, Kuz’min V A, Lobashev Vladimir M, Matveev Viktor A, Perekrestenko A D, Roizen Il’ya I, Rubakov Valerii A, Stavissky Yu Ya, Feinberg Evgenii L “In memory of Mikhail Veniaminovich Kazarnovskii” Phys. Usp. 42 839–839 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 841–843 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 845–846 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Semenov Sergei V “Physics of charmed hadrons” Phys. Usp. 42 847–869 (1999)

Landsberg Leonid G “The search for exotic hadrons” Phys. Usp. 42 871–886 (1999)

Malygin Gennadii A “Dislocation self-organization processes and crystal plasticity” Phys. Usp. 42 887 (1999)

From the current literature

Berezovskaya Faina S, Karev G P “Bifurcations of travelling waves in population taxis models” Phys. Usp. 42 917–929 (1999)

Methodological notes

Kolokolov Alexander A “Fresnel formulas and the principle of causality” Phys. Usp. 42 931 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Brazhkin Vadim V, Voloshin Roman N, Lyapin A G, Popova Svetlana V “Quasi-transitions in simple liquids under high pressures” Phys. Usp. 42 941–945 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharov A F “Black hole physics” Phys. Usp. 42 947–951 (1999)

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 953–954 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 955–956 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Buchel’nikov Vasilii D, Dan’shin N K, Tsymbal L T, Shavrov Vladimir G “On the relative contributions of precessional and longitudinal oscillations to the dynamics of magnets” Phys. Usp. 42 957–990 (1999)

Sarry Mikhail F “Theoretical calculation of equations of state: analytical results” Phys. Usp. 42 991–1015 (1999)

Neudachin Vladimir G, Popov Yurii V, Smirnov Yurii F “Electron momentum spectroscopy of atoms, molecules, and thin films” Phys. Usp. 42 1017–1044 (1999)

Methodological notes

Okun Lev B, Selivanov Konstantin G, Telegdi Valentine L “Gravitation, photons, clocks” Phys. Usp. 42 1045–1050 (1999)

Conferences and symposia

Basiev Tasoltan T “Spectroscopy of new SRS-active crystals and solid-state SRS lasers” Phys. Usp. 42 1051–1056 (1999)

Krasyuk I K “Application of laser-driven shock waves in studies of thermal and mechanical material properties” Phys. Usp. 42 1056–1059 (1999)

Lyapin A G, Brazhkin Vadim V, Gromnitskaya E L, Stal’gorova O V, Tsiok O B “Transformations in amorphous solids under high pressures” Phys. Usp. 42 1059–1062 (1999)

Personalia

Galeev A A, Kuznetsov Evgenii A, Mikhailov A V, Nesterikhin Yu E, Novikov S P, Sagdeev Roal’d Z, Sinai Ya G, Smirnov G I, Fortov Vladimir E, Khalatnikov Isaak M, Chirikov B V, Shabad A B “Vladimir Evgen’evich Zakharov (on his sixtieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 42 1063–1064 (1999)

Letters to the editors

Vaks V L, Mityugov V V “On relaxation times” Phys. Usp. 42 1065–1066 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 1067–1068 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 1069–1069 (1999)

Reviews of topical problems

Beskin Vasilii S “Radio pulsars” Phys. Usp. 42 1071 (1999)

Prokhorov Lev V “Infrared and collinear divergences in gauge theories” Phys. Usp. 42 1099–1120 (1999)

Maksimov Evgenii G, Shilov Yurii I “Hydrogen at high pressure” Phys. Usp. 42 1121–1138 (1999)

Boiko Vladimir I, Valyaev A N, Pogrebnyak Alexander D “Metal modification by high-power pulsed particle beams” Phys. Usp. 42 1139–1166 (1999)

Methodological notes

Bal’makov Mikhail D “Information capacity of condensed systems” Phys. Usp. 42 1167–1173 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 1174–1174 (1999)

Personalia

Batalin I A, Vasil’ev Mikhail A, Vilkovyskii G A, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Gurevich Aleksandr V, Keldysh L V, Konshtein Semen E, Ritus Vladimir I, Tyutin Igor V, Fainberg V Ya, Feinberg Evgenii L, Tseitlin A A “In memory of Efim Samoilovich Fradkin” Phys. Usp. 42 1175–1176 (1999)

Bibliography

Kaganov M I “The publication of the Physics Encyclopedia has been completed” Phys. Usp. 42 1177–1181 (1999)

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 1182–1182 (1999)

Special issue

Boyarchuk Aleksandr A, Keldysh L V “From a physics laboratory to the Division of General Physics and Astronomy” Phys. Usp. 42 1183–1191 (1999)

Rubakov Valerii A “Elementary particle physics and cosmology: current status and prospects” Phys. Usp. 42 1193–1203 (1999)

Arnol’d Vladimir I “Mathematics and physics: mother and daughter or sisters?” Phys. Usp. 42 1205–1217 (1999)

From the archive

Weierstrass K “The speech delivered upon assuming the position of Rector of Berlin University on October 15, 1873” Phys. Usp. 42 1219–1222 (1999)

Henri V A “The role of Leibnitz in the establishment of scientific schools in Russia” Phys. Usp. 42 1223–1225 (1999)

Jacobi C G “On the life of Descartes and his method of rightly conducting the reason and seeking truth in the sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 1227–1234 (1999)

Frederiks V K “Einstein’s general principle of relativity” Phys. Usp. 42 1235–1245 (1999)

From the history of physics

Lazarev P P “Historical essay on the 200 years of the development of natural sciences in Russia” Phys. Usp. 42 1247–1257 (1999)

Vizgin Vladimir P “The nuclear shield in the ’thirty-year war’ of physicists against ignorant criticism of modern physical theories” Phys. Usp. 42 1259–1283 (1999)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 42 1284–1284 (1999)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 42 1285–1286 (1999)